, 1887-10-06

Air. T. ). Gorr,-.u. our e.rerrrisiur
meEchapt tailor, J. about leaving for
san Fw-crsco 80 lay ina siog., Of new
goods, ard 10 b;iug aIj.:rora! warkneu
Tor en.uy 10 his establishment Nh
. C"ri-an la= hu,.s urn siur nnsiaess in
. hl~ tl.., .4J Gc-n.,.. iarsg,~r ,u-j.m
/ c'iumru~Uraie with III. growth 81 the
town. The character oF his product Is
sufficient to warrant satisfaction.
Prof Morris, the phrenoloEist VIII il
{" leciuge at our Opera House, comes
/ highly recommended from tie principle
eastern states and California and Ore
aou. II. and his wife have Just gwen "a
course Il twenty-,hgec lectures Ill Seattle
/ The iraf-IHfeHigcHcCr aaid these lee
tnres we're largely attended by ladies
and gentlemen, ana the most instructive
and interesting ever given in that city.
Mr.. Wn. Wright, an elderly farmer
residing in Chimacum valley, stlrtei ort
humtiEg LIST Sunday morning, since
winch time uothia@ has been seen or
heard OF hin. HIS unusual absence was
not noticed :!il on Monday. Since then
the whole ueishhorhood has been
aroused. a"3 the woods Inv" been
searched il al! directions. About two
miles square was huutvd So thoroughly
that not 4 rod was missed All
SORTS OF conjectu-ea arc rife, lie masl
Z l4si.I yT l. l. ~
with some serious accident. lie was
not known to hav" any enemies who
would thini; ri putting him ""t Of tie
way, So that foul play j. not sEsrected.
There vii! b. no rest TIL the mystery Is
cleared III.
"Skippcd hy the light of the pale
moon" 1t is rrmorei thit one of our
well known local contractors and build
ers las gone Suddenly 10 more congeuial
climes. We give this, However, us mere
current rumor, hoping it may prove uu-
true. Mr.. Winters, OF the firm of Mc1n
nes & Winter, left for Victoria last Tues
day, since whic;l time he has not been
seen. An ARGUS reporter inquired all
:ver town last night, bat could eijcIt no.
thing beyond general fear that the ru-
NOR was 200 true. L seems that Mr.
Winters had dTawn 81, ,lC0 out OF funds
due the firm on the McJurdy contract,
just before leaving. a gentleman well
posted, however, SAID this was to disburse
among employees. The firm has had
some large contracts this year, amorG
| them being the McCuriy building, aud
the Hill -LauGrs- Sheehau Scavey block.
1t was known that their contract prices
were low, thai mechanics were scarce,
and that material such as brick and
stone came high; get :heFc Was 10 nueaS-
mess, because the Pnhli" regarded both
members of the frrI as careful business
men. Mr.. John McInIcs Of 1t should
prove true that h s partner has left will
ba in an embarrassed condition fnanciul
ly. For the credit uf the mechanics aud
contractors, and the good of all Goa
ceFned, We hope this ng!y rumur VIII
prove grAundles Mr.. Winters has
borne good reputation in the comnun-
ity, and his frieAds are 10th 10 believe
that be has goae wrong
Messrs. Clapp Il Feuerbach will be
ready to open their banking bnsiAess in
ClapP,s brick building abont the 10Th
inst.
Our transient population has been
greatly enhanced lately by the natives of
the forest returning from the up Sound
hop fields.
Str. Dispatch arrived from Clalam
this morning. Among her passengers
from Dungeness were: E. n. Pitcher,
VIM. Appleby and Bob Shaw. From
Pyscht, Wm Crawford.
Ex-Mayor Smith is tearing up the
ground at Scow Bay. hunting for coal.
We have only partial telegraph
report this morning, owing to abe de-
lay incident npon cLange in the
daily. We propose giving our read
ers as much news as they will pay for.